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October 31, 2012

The witching hour is near

After 364 days of anticipation, All Hallows Eve has returned at long last and I'm bubbling like a witch's cauldron with joy and merriment over this fact. I'd hoped to get in a pre-Halloween shoot of my costume, but haven’t feeling well enough lately for that, so hopefully we'll get some snaps later today and I can share my festive ensemble with you all in the very near future.

Like much of North America right now, though we're on the west coast, not the east, and thus haven't felt Hurricane Sandy's terrible wrath firsthand, we've had fairly rough weather all week. The rain that's been present since last Friday continues this morning, as I curl up in a corner of the living room couch and silently ask the The Great Pumpkin to send a little sunshine our way.

No matter what the weather has up its sleeve today, and even though I'm feeling less than stellar on the health front, nothing can dampen my spirits - or the spirits that may very well be lurking amongst us on this spooky holiday - in the slightest!

Though we don't have tons of Halloween decorations (no room in our past homes to store much in the way of seasonal decor), we do have a beloved little handful (certain items of which, such as the candles pictured here, have been with me since childhood), and I took snaps recently of some of our collection - as well as most of the pumpkins we picked up at Bear's fruit stand - to share with all of you today.

However you celebrate today, I really hope that you have a frighteningly marvelous Halloween (and if you don't observe Halloween, I hope that you have a beautiful last day of October). I look forward to sharing my costume with you very soon, and can't wait to see blog posts about what you sported on this fabulously haunted eve as as well.

25 comments:

And a very happy Halloween to you too! I hope you feel better soon- I don't think the sudden change in the weather has helped my chronic fatigue much either, but I'm sure once I get use to it, I'll perk up a bit!!!Look forward to seeing your festive outfit ;)Tupney xxx

I love all of the different colors of pumpkins! We were married in october and we grew our own tiny white pumpkins, hollowed them out and put tea lights inside! The warty green and grey ones are my favorite! Happy Halloween, darlin'!

Happy Halloween! I hope you are feeling better and that the weather has improved, it's wet and windy here so only two of my lanterns are staying lit, the other two keep blowing out. A bit too wet for trick or treaters too I imagine - therefore more chocolate for me!!

Happy Halloween! A beautiful collection of pumpkins and decorations there. Sorry to hear you've not been well but glad to hear you haven't let it dampen your spirits. Looking forward to seeing your costume! x

A belated Happy Halloween. Rain stopped play here, and not a single trick or treater arrived at our door. My two teenagers managed to put away a number of the treats though, and will no doubt be working their way through them for the rest of the week!I hope you are soon feeling better, and I look forward to seeing you Halloween inspired outfit.

Beautiful pumpkins--so varied and happy looking with their little companion decorations! Thank you for sharing them with us. Happy, happy Halloween, although I'm a day late. I join the others in hoping you are feeling better and that this is a lovely day for you. Take care.

I'm not really one to celebrate Halloween, as I can be a bit of a scared-y cat when it comes to fright and gore....but I loved your cute pumpkin day out outfit! It must have been fun, and there were so so many pumpkins! Saw the biggest 300pound pumpkin of my life on my recent trip to America...it was quite a surprise! Hope you will be feeling better soon and that you will have a fabulous weekend my lovely!May xwalkinginmay.blogspot.co.uk

I'm sorry to hear that you've been feeling unwell. I hope that you were still able to enjoy your favourite holiday. The white and *gasp* grey pumpkins are just divine! I have never seen a grey one before.

Feel better soon and like the rest of your devoted readers, I am looking forward with great anticipation to see what your costume was!

I hope that the weather brightens up and that you feel better!! I love your decorations, and that they have been with you for so long (it is wonderful bringing out decorations that fill you with warm memories!!). I hope that you had a wonderful Hallowe'en!!!

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